different between monumental vs striking

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monument?lis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nj??m?nt?l/

Adjective

monumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)

1. In the manner of a monument.
2. Large, grand and imposing.
3. Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.

   a monumental task

4. (archaeology) Relating to monuments.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monument?lis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mo.nu.m?n?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu.nu.m?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo.nu.men?tal/

Adjective

monumental (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)

1. monumental

Derived terms

• monumentalisme
• monumentalitat

Further reading

• “monumental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “monumental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “monumental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “monumental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From monument (“monument”) +? -al, from French monumental, from Late Latin monument?lis, from Latin monumentum (“reminder, monument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monum?nta?l/, [monum?n?t?æ??l]

Adjective

monumental

1. monumental (large, grand and imposing)

Inflection

Synonyms

• grandios
• storslået

References

• “monumental” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monument?lis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.ny.m??.tal/

Adjective

monumental (feminine singular monumentale, masculine plural monumentaux, feminine plural monumentales)

1. monumental

Derived terms

Further reading

• “monumental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis.

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

1. monumental

Derived terms

• monumentalidade

Further reading

• “monumental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis, via French monumental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monum?n?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

monumental (comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)

1. monumental

Declension

Derived terms

• Monumentalbau

Further reading

• “monumental” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis, via French monumental.

Adjective

monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)

1. monumental

Related terms

• monument

References

• “monumental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis, via French monumental.

Adjective

monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)

1. monumental

Related terms

• monument

References

• “monumental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monument?lis.

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais, comparable)

1. monumental

   Synonym: monumentoso

Derived terms

Related terms

• monumento

Further reading

• “monumental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monument?lis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monumento +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monumen?tal/, [mo.nu.m?n??t?al]

Adjective

monumental (plural monumentales)

1. monumental

Derived terms

Related terms

• monumento

Further reading

• “monumental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Adjective

striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)

1. Making a strong impression.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):

     This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.

Translations

Verb

striking

1. present participle of strike

Noun

striking (plural strikings)

1. The act by which something strikes or is struck.
   • 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)

     We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

Anagrams

• skirting